Booting Solaris 10 without starting X

I have changed the graphics adapter in my PC and the new adapter is not recognized by Sol10-i86.
The PC is freezing after booting and starting X.
I have a Solaris driver package available for the card but this needs to be installed in the shell. How do I start only the shell after booting without starting X/cdm?
Thanks for feedback
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Hi
In x86 while booting it will give a option to press Esc to abort auto boot .Do that and select a default /Basic driver for the video and monitor.Save changes and continue ,you will get the commandline login prompt .Use the pkgadd to install .Once installed reboot and follow the same process and select the device driver you have installed.

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